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The Walking Dead Ratings Hit All-Time Low

AMC's The Walking Dead fell to an all-time ratings low with this week's episode, the second since the zombie drama's midseason return.

The Season 9 episode "Omega" drew 4.54 million viewers and a 1.7 rating within the key age 18-49 demographic, a 12-percent decrease in viewers from the previous week's midseason premiere, and a 15-percent decrease in ratings from the episode.

The previous viewership low was the second episode of the series, which first aired in 2010 to an audience of 4.71 million. The previous lowest rating came earlier in Season 9, with a November episode two weeks after the departure of original series protagonist Rick Grimes earning a rating of 1.8.

Despite the sizable drop from the midseason premiere, the survival horror series remains the most-viewed cable series on television and has already been renewed by AMC for a 10th season, to premiere sometime in October.